Insulator



W. H. COLLIER.

iNSULATOR..

APPLxCATloN FILED AUG.16,1920.

., il 5H' ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 29, 192i.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. COLLIER, OF MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS.

INSULATOR.

Application led August 16, 1920.

.13% all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM It. Comuna, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Mont llelvieu, in the county ot Chambers and .State of Texas, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Insulators, oi which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in an insulator.

@ne object of the invention is to provide an insulator which has been specially termed for the purpose of insulating, from nach other, the adjoining' rails of a railway track.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to certain novel features oli' construction, opera tion and arrangement of parts, and use, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a plan view of a section ot railway track showing the insulator applied.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Iei'ierring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals oi roten ence designate similar parts in each of thev figures, the numerals l designate the railway ties and-the numerals 2, 9. designate adjoining rails ot the track, whose adjzment ends spaced slightly apart. Fish plates 3, 3 and il. /lare secured to opposite sides of the adjacent ends ot the rails 2. These iis-sl?. plates are secured to the rails by means ot suitable bolts in the well known manner. lflach hsh plate is turned outwardly, at its rail end, at substantially right angles to the fail, thus Yforming the out-turned portions 5 and 6, 6, which are spaced apart, and fitted between these out-turned ends, and also between the corresponding ends of the rails, there is a sheet 7 of insulating material, which insulates the out-turned ends 5 and 6 of the fish plates of one rail from the opposing corresponding parts of the fish plates of the other rail.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llIar. ,29, 192.1. Serial No. 403,632.

The out-turned ends 5, fish plates oit bolts 8, which are insulated-troin the fish plates by the insulators 9 and lO.

I t is to be noted that at the angle of one of the :fish plates 3 and the corresponding; angle ot the diagonally opposite fish plate el, said fish plates are so iornied as to be spaced trein the nisulating;F sheet 7, said spaces beingl indicated by the nunierals ll, ll, so that there will be no liability oi the insulation 7 beings; cut through bythe angles ot the iish plates to complete a circuit.

It is to bc noted that the out-turned por-- tions 5, and G, 6 are ircliued relative to the vertical line oi the joint, so that the relative vertical movement et the rcspeo tive rail ends, due tothe passage oit the wheel over them, and the correspandiln;` movement of said out-turned portions will not be so liable to Inutilate the insulator 7 between them.

l. AV device oit the character described, including' the adjacent ends ot railway rails, fish plates secured on opposite sides of cach rail and having outwardly turned ends, inclined relative to the vertical line oit the joint, and insulator fitted between said out-turned ends.

2. A. device oil the character described.v including the adjacent ends oi rail lish jilates secured on opposite sides ol each rail and having' out-turned ends on one side of the rail being; inclined in the ojiiposite direction to those on the other side, inclined relative to the vertical line ot the joint and an insulator fitted between said ont-turned ends.

-In testimony wl'iereoii I have signed my naine to this speciiication in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM R. COLLIER.

and 6, G of the Witnesses:

JN0. B. OLIVER, WM. A. CATHEY.

are secured together by means Yay rails,

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